Science Summary: CDC Studies on Thimerosal in Vaccines

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Immunization Safety Office
• Description:
  The evidence is clear: thimerosal is not a toxin in vaccines, but merely a preservative, preventing contamination, that has been used in vaccines for decades. This fact sheet provides a summary of 8 thimerosal-related studies that were conducted by CDC or with CDC’s involvement.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date estimated from document properties.
• Subjects:
  Ethylmercury Compounds Mercury Methylmercury Compounds Preservatives, Pharmaceutical Safety Thimerosal Vaccines
• Keywords:
  Vaccine safety
• Series:
  Science Summary
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Division:
  ISO - Immunization Safety Office
• Topic:
  Injury, Violence, & Safety
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• CAS Registry Number:
  Thimerosal (CAS RN 54-64-8) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Ethylmercury (CAS RN 21687-36-5) ; Methylmercury(1+) (CAS RN 22967-92-6)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5cd35db1d6b887bb4cf1ad08ddc733911dc5e15872393f4b34fcc5aeb78e4aadb5bbab582a64d46ec7d9a6f87e3390461f02978839db8f4dfdbef9376a53440f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117148/cdc_117148_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 131.56 KB ]